| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. xix |
| Preparing to Build Your Own Server | |
| The Anatomy of a Server | p. 3 |
| What's a Server? | p. 4 |
| Why Do You Need a Server? | p. 4 |
| How Can You Afford a Server? | p. 5 |
| Piece-by-Piece Close-up of the Server | p. 9 |
| The Chassis | p. 12 |
| The Motherboard | p. 14 |
| The CPU | p. 15 |
| Heat Sink and Cooler Fan | p. 18 |
| Memory | p. 19 |
| The Hard Drive | p. 20 |
| Expansion Cards and the Network Adapters | p. 21 |
| Sound Card | p. 25 |
| Floppy Drive | p. 25 |
| Compact Disc Drives | p. 25 |
| Tape Backup System | p. 27 |
| Computing Without a Monitor | p. 28 |
| Build It and They Will Come | p. 29 |
| The Hunt | p. 31 |
| One Man's Garbage Is Another Man's Gold | p. 31 |
| System Requirements | p. 34 |
| Where to Find Inexpensive Components | p. 36 |
| Computer Shows | p. 36 |
| Online Auctions | p. 39 |
| Online Retailers | p. 42 |
| Micro Center and OfficeMax | p. 44 |
| Dust Collectors | p. 48 |
| The Network Operating System | p. 51 |
| The Evolution of a Robust Windows Network Operating System | p. 51 |
| Choosing the Right Technology | p. 52 |
| Scalability | p. 63 |
| Expandability | p. 65 |
| Business Integration | p. 65 |
| Baby Steps | p. 67 |
| Step-by-Step Building Instructions | |
| The Heart of the Machine | p. 73 |
| The CPU and Motherboard: AMD vs. Intel | p. 74 |
| Socket A | p. 75 |
| Socket 370 | p. 76 |
| Front-Side Bus Speed | p. 77 |
| Choosing the Right Motherboard | p. 77 |
| Jumpers | p. 80 |
| Motherboard Bus Speed and the CPU | p. 80 |
| The Core Multiplier Ratio | p. 80 |
| Core Voltage Regulator | p. 82 |
| Power-On Self Test | p. 82 |
| Installation Instructions | p. 86 |
| Memory and Video | p. 95 |
| Working at the Speed of Thought | p. 95 |
| Random Access Memory | p. 96 |
| The Chipset | p. 102 |
| Memory Errors and Corrections | p. 105 |
| Direct Memory Access | p. 106 |
| Video Controllers | p. 106 |
| The AGP Mystery | p. 108 |
| Memory Installation Procedures | p. 112 |
| The Drive Way | p. 117 |
| Choosing Your Drives | p. 118 |
| ATA vs. SCSI | p. 121 |
| Partitions and Volumes | p. 126 |
| Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) | p. 126 |
| CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, and CD-RWs | p. 129 |
| Drive Installation Procedures | p. 130 |
| Floppy Disk Drive | p. 133 |
| Hard Drives | p. 137 |
| Installing a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or CD-RW drive | p. 142 |
| Additional Hard Drives | p. 146 |
| Final Touches | p. 153 |
| It's a Jungle in There | p. 154 |
| Temperature | p. 154 |
| What a Tangled Web of Wires We Weave | p. 163 |
| The "Dark Side" of the Chassis | p. 165 |
| Pre-operational Check | p. 166 |
| The Power of the Network | p. 173 |
| Ethernet and the Power Law | p. 173 |
| Getting Wired | p. 176 |
| Peer-to-Peer and Client/Server | p. 178 |
| Setting Up a Star Network | p. 182 |
| Cut My Wire | p. 186 |
| Expansion Card Summary | p. 194 |
| Network Operating System Installation, Configuration, and Troubleshooting | |
| Installation, Setup, and Configuration | p. 199 |
| Installing Your NOS | p. 200 |
| BIOS Boot Setup | p. 200 |
| Dual-Boot System | p. 201 |
| How the Windows Boot Loader Works | p. 203 |
| Two Stages in Eleven Parts | p. 204 |
| Network Configuration | p. 223 |
| Microsoft Windows Networking: Built for Simplicity | p. 223 |
| Naming Conventions | p. 224 |
| Network Adapters Driver Installation | p. 225 |
| Subnets | p. 230 |
| Private and Public IP Addresses | p. 232 |
| File Server Configuration | p. 236 |
| Print Server Configuration | p. 239 |
| Shared Security | p. 240 |
| Network Troubleshooting | p. 243 |
| Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 TCP/IP Utilities | p. 244 |
| Ping | p. 244 |
| Pathping | p. 245 |
| Arp | p. 246 |
| Tracert | p. 246 |
| Nslookup | p. 247 |
| Task Manager | p. 247 |
| Spyware | p. 247 |
| Netstat | p. 248 |
| Ipconfig | p. 249 |
| Troubleshooting Hardware | p. 250 |
| Cabling | p. 255 |
| Networking Configuration | p. 256 |
| Permissions | p. 257 |
| Recent Software Installation | p. 257 |
| Beyond File and Print Sharing | p. 259 |
| Configuring a DHCP Server | p. 259 |
| Configuring DNS | p. 265 |
| Configuring Internet Connection Sharing with Network Access Translation | p. 268 |
| Active Directory | p. 271 |
| Installing Active Directory | p. 272 |
| Web and FTP Server Configuration | p. 279 |
| Why Use the Web? | p. 279 |
| Intuitive Simplicity | p. 280 |
| The Anatomy of the Online Image | p. 281 |
| Setting Up Internet Information Services | p. 282 |
| Configuring Your Web Server | p. 283 |
| File Transfer Protocol | p. 296 |
| Permissions, Security, and Terminal Services | p. 305 |
| Where There's a Will, There's a Way | p. 306 |
| The Danger of a Default Installation | p. 307 |
| Multilevel Deniability | p. 309 |
| PKI and Certificates | p. 319 |
| Terminal Services | p. 320 |
| Server-Side Installation | p. 321 |
| Client-Side Installation | p. 323 |
| A Last Word | p. 328 |
| Index | p. 331 |
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